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+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="Ezra" num="15">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>The Proclamation of Cyrus</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="a" cid="c15001001.1"/>In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, <crossref let="b" cid="c15001001.2"/>that the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so <crossref let="c" cid="c15001001.3"/>that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="15001002.1" from="15001002.1" to="15001004.1"/>Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and <crossref let="d" cid="c15001002.1"/>he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel&emdash;<crossref let="e" cid="c15001003.1"/>he is the God who is in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.<q class="end-double" qid="15001004.1" from="15001002.1" to="15001004.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">Then rose up the heads of the fathers&apos; houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, <crossref let="f" cid="c15001005.1"/>everyone whose spirit <crossref let="g" cid="c15001005.2"/>God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that is in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And all who were about them <crossref let="h" cid="c15001006.1"/>aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with costly wares, besides all that was freely offered.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="i" cid="c15001007.1"/>Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that <crossref let="j" cid="c15001007.2"/>Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of <crossref let="k" cid="c15001008.1"/>Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to <crossref let="l" cid="c15001008.2"/>Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And this was the number of them: <crossref let="m" cid="c15001009.1"/>30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">30 bowls of gold, 410 bowls of silver, and 1,000 other vessels;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15001011"/>
+    <verse num="11">all the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when the exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>The Exiles Return</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="n" cid="c15002001.1"/>Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles <crossref let="o" cid="c15002001.2"/>whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002002"/>
+    <verse num="2">They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, <crossref let="p" cid="c15002002.1"/>Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/>The number of the men of the people of Israel:
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="q" cid="c15002003.1"/>the sons of Parosh, 2,172.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">The sons of Shephatiah, 372.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002005"/>
+    <verse num="5">The sons of Arah, 775.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002006"/>
+    <verse num="6">The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002007"/>
+    <verse num="7">The sons of Elam, 1,254.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002008"/>
+    <verse num="8">The sons of Zattu, 945.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002009"/>
+    <verse num="9">The sons of Zaccai, 760.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002010"/>
+    <verse num="10">The sons of Bani, 642.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">The sons of Bebai, 623.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002012"/>
+    <verse num="12">The sons of Azgad, 1,222.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002013"/>
+    <verse num="13">The sons of Adonikam, 666.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002014"/>
+    <verse num="14">The sons of Bigvai, 2,056.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002015"/>
+    <verse num="15">The sons of Adin, 454.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002016"/>
+    <verse num="16">The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002017"/>
+    <verse num="17">The sons of Bezai, 323.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002018"/>
+    <verse num="18">The sons of Jorah, 112.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002019"/>
+    <verse num="19">The sons of Hashum, 223.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">The sons of Gibbar, 95.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002021"/>
+    <verse num="21">The sons of Bethlehem, 123.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">The men of Netophah, 56.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">The men of Anathoth, 128.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002024"/>
+    <verse num="24">The sons of Azmaveth, 42.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002025"/>
+    <verse num="25">The sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002026"/>
+    <verse num="26">The sons of Ramah and Geba, 621.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002027"/>
+    <verse num="27">The men of Michmas, 122.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002028"/>
+    <verse num="28">The men of Bethel and Ai, 223.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002029"/>
+    <verse num="29">The sons of Nebo, 52.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002030"/>
+    <verse num="30">The sons of Magbish, 156.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002031"/>
+    <verse num="31">The sons of <crossref let="r" cid="c15002031.1"/>the other Elam, 1,254.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002032"/>
+    <verse num="32">The sons of Harim, 320.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002033"/>
+    <verse num="33">The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002034"/>
+    <verse num="34">The sons of Jericho, 345.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002035"/>
+    <verse num="35">The sons of Senaah, 3,630.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36">The priests: the <crossref let="s" cid="c15002036.1"/>sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002037"/>
+    <verse num="37">The sons of Immer, 1,052.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002038"/>
+    <verse num="38">The <crossref let="t" cid="c15002038.1"/>sons of Pashhur, 1,247.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002039"/>
+    <verse num="39">The sons of Harim, 1,017.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002040"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40">The Levites: the sons of <crossref let="u" cid="c15002040.1"/>Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002041"/>
+    <verse num="41">The singers: the sons of <crossref let="v" cid="c15002041.1"/>Asaph, 128.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002042"/>
+    <verse num="42">The sons of the <crossref let="w" cid="c15002042.1"/>gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, in all 139.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002043"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="43"><crossref let="x" cid="c15002043.1"/>The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002044"/>
+    <verse num="44">the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002045"/>
+    <verse num="45">the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002046"/>
+    <verse num="46">the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shamlai, the sons of Hanan,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002047"/>
+    <verse num="47">the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002048"/>
+    <verse num="48">the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002049"/>
+    <verse num="49">the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002050"/>
+    <verse num="50">the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephisim,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002051"/>
+    <verse num="51">the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002052"/>
+    <verse num="52">the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002053"/>
+    <verse num="53">the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002054"/>
+    <verse num="54">the sons of Neziah, and the sons of Hatipha.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002055"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="55"><crossref let="y" cid="c15002055.1"/>The sons of Solomon&apos;s servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002056"/>
+    <verse num="56">the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002057"/>
+    <verse num="57">the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, and the sons of Ami.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002058"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="58">All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon&apos;s servants were 392.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002059"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="59">The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, <crossref let="z" cid="c15002059.1"/>though they could not prove their fathers&apos; houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002060"/>
+    <verse num="60">the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, 652.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002061"/>
+    <verse num="61">Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of <crossref let="a" cid="c15002061.1"/>Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002062"/>
+    <verse num="62">These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and <crossref let="b" cid="c15002062.1"/>so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002063"/>
+    <verse num="63">The <crossref let="c" cid="c15002063.1"/>governor told them that they were not <crossref let="d" cid="c15002063.2"/>to partake of the most holy food, until there should be a priest to consult <crossref let="e" cid="c15002063.3"/>Urim and Thummim.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002064"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="64"><crossref let="f" cid="c15002064.1"/>The whole assembly together was 42,360,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002065"/>
+    <verse num="65">besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female <crossref let="g" cid="c15002065.1"/>singers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002066"/>
+    <verse num="66">Their horses were 736, their mules were 245,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002067"/>
+    <verse num="67">their camels were 435, and their donkeys were 6,720.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002068"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="68"><crossref let="h" cid="c15002068.1"/>Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002069"/>
+    <verse num="69">According to their ability they gave to <crossref let="i" cid="c15002069.1"/>the treasury of the work 61,000 darics<note nid="n15002069.1"/> of gold, 5,000 minas<note nid="n15002069.2"/> of silver, and 100 priests&apos; garments.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15002070"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="70"><crossref let="j" cid="c15002070.1"/>Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel<note nid="n15002070.1"/> in their towns.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>Rebuilding the Altar</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="k" cid="c15003001.1"/>When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and <crossref let="l" cid="c15003002.1"/>Zerubbabel the son of <crossref let="m" cid="c15003002.2"/>Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, <crossref let="n" cid="c15003002.3"/>as it is written in the Law of Moses the <crossref let="o" cid="c15003002.4"/>man of God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003003"/>
+    <verse num="3">They set the altar in its place, <crossref let="p" cid="c15003003.1"/>for fear was on them because of the peoples of the lands, and <crossref let="q" cid="c15003003.2"/>they offered burnt offerings on it to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, burnt offerings morning and evening.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="r" cid="c15003004.1"/>And they kept the Feast of Booths, <crossref let="s" cid="c15003004.2"/>as it is written, <crossref let="t" cid="c15003004.3"/>and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003005"/>
+    <verse num="5">and after that the regular burnt <crossref let="u" cid="c15003005.1"/>offerings, the offerings at the new moon <crossref let="v" cid="c15003005.2"/>and at all the appointed feasts of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the offerings of everyone who made a freewill offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003006"/>
+    <verse num="6">From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. But the foundation of the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was not yet laid.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003007"/>
+    <verse num="7">So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, <crossref let="w" cid="c15003007.1"/>and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians <crossref let="x" cid="c15003007.2"/>to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, <crossref let="y" cid="c15003007.3"/>according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003008"/>
+    <heading>Rebuilding the Temple</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, <crossref let="z" cid="c15003008.1"/>Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and <crossref let="z" cid="c15003008.2"/>Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem from the captivity. They <crossref let="a" cid="c15003008.3"/>appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to <crossref let="b" cid="c15003008.4"/>supervise the work of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And <crossref let="z" cid="c15003009.1"/>Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, and Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together <crossref let="b" cid="c15003009.2"/>supervised the workmen in the house of God, along with the <crossref let="c" cid="c15003009.3"/>sons of Henadad and the Levites, their sons and brothers.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="d" cid="c15003010.1"/>according to the directions of David king of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="e" cid="c15003011.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="15003011.1" from="15003011.1" to="15003011.2"/>For he is good,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="15003011.2" from="15003011.1" to="15003011.2"/><end-line/>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <end-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, because the foundation of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was laid.
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003012"/>
+    <verse num="12">But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers&apos; houses, <crossref let="f" cid="c15003012.1"/>old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15003013"/>
+    <verse num="13">so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people&apos;s weeping, for the people shouted with a great shout, and the sound was heard far away.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>Adversaries Oppose the Rebuilding</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now when <crossref let="g" cid="c15004001.1"/>the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004002"/>
+    <verse num="2">they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers&apos; houses and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="15004002.1" from="15004002.1" to="15004002.2"/>Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever <crossref let="h" cid="c15004002.1"/>since the days of <crossref let="i" cid="c15004002.2"/>Esarhaddon king of Assyria <crossref let="j" cid="c15004002.3"/>who brought us here.<q class="end-double" qid="15004002.2" from="15004002.1" to="15004002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004003"/>
+    <verse num="3">But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers&apos; houses in Israel said to them, <crossref let="k" cid="c15004003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="15004003.1" from="15004003.1" to="15004003.2"/>You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we alone will build to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, <crossref let="l" cid="c15004003.2"/>as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.<q class="end-double" qid="15004003.2" from="15004003.1" to="15004003.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4">Then <crossref let="m" cid="c15004004.1"/>the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004005"/>
+    <verse num="5">and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">And in the reign of <crossref let="n" cid="c15004006.1"/>Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004007"/>
+    <heading>The Letter to King Artaxerxes</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and <crossref let="o" cid="c15004007.1"/>Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written <crossref let="p" cid="c15004007.2"/>in Aramaic and translated.<note nid="n15004007.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the <crossref let="q" cid="c15004009.1"/>judges, the <crossref let="r" cid="c15004009.2"/>governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the <crossref let="s" cid="c15004009.3"/>Elamites,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble <crossref let="t" cid="c15004010.1"/>Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004011"/>
+    <verse num="11">(This is a copy of the letter that they sent.) <q class="begin-double" qid="15004011.1" from="15004011.1" to="15004016.1"/>To Artaxerxes the king: Your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River, send greeting. And now</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004012"/>
+    <verse num="12">be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are <crossref let="v" cid="c15004012.1"/>finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay <crossref let="w" cid="c15004013.1"/>tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Now because we eat the salt of the palace<note nid="n15004014.1"/> and it is not fitting for us to witness the king&apos;s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004015"/>
+    <verse num="15">in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004016"/>
+    <verse num="16">We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River.<q class="end-double" qid="15004016.1" from="15004011.1" to="15004016.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004017"/>
+    <heading>The King Orders the Work to Cease</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">The king sent an answer: <q class="begin-double" qid="15004017.1" from="15004017.1" to="15004022.1"/>To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004018"/>
+    <verse num="18">the letter that you sent to us has been <crossref let="x" cid="c15004018.1"/>plainly read before me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, <crossref let="y" cid="c15004020.1"/>who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom <crossref let="z" cid="c15004020.2"/>tribute, custom, and toll were paid.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Therefore make a decree that these men be made to cease, and that this city be not rebuilt, until a decree is made by me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And take care not to be slack in this matter. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?<q class="end-double" qid="15004022.1" from="15004017.1" to="15004022.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes&apos; letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15004024"/>
+    <verse num="24">Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005001"/>
+  <chapter num="5">
+    <heading>Rebuilding Begins Anew</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now the prophets, <crossref let="a" cid="c15005001.1"/>Haggai and <crossref let="b" cid="c15005001.2"/>Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="c" cid="c15005002.1"/>Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and <crossref let="d" cid="c15005002.2"/>Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were <crossref let="e" cid="c15005002.3"/>with them, supporting them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005003"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3">At the same time <crossref let="f" cid="c15005003.1"/>Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: <crossref let="g" cid="c15005003.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="15005003.1" from="15005003.1" to="15005003.2"/>Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?<q class="end-double" qid="15005003.2" from="15005003.1" to="15005003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005004"/>
+    <verse num="4">They also asked them this:<note nid="n15005004.1"/> <q class="begin-double" qid="15005004.1" from="15005004.1" to="15005004.2"/>What are the names of the men who are building this building?<q class="end-double" qid="15005004.2" from="15005004.1" to="15005004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005005"/>
+    <verse num="5">But <crossref let="h" cid="c15005005.1"/>the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005006"/>
+    <heading>Tattenai&apos;s Letter to King Darius</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">This is a copy of the letter that <crossref let="f" cid="c15005006.1"/>Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the <crossref let="i" cid="c15005006.2"/>governors who were in the province Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005007"/>
+    <verse num="7">They sent him a report, in which was written as follows: <q class="begin-double" qid="15005007.1" from="15005007.1" to="15005017.1"/>To Darius the king, all peace.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, and timber is laid in the walls. This work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: <crossref let="g" cid="c15005009.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="15005009.1" from="15005009.1" to="15005009.2"/>Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?<q class="end-single" qid="15005009.2" from="15005009.1" to="15005009.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005010"/>
+    <verse num="10">We also asked them their names, for your information, that we might write down the names of their leaders.<note nid="n15005010.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And this was their reply to us: <q class="begin-single" qid="15005011.1" from="15005011.1" to="15005016.1"/>We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, <crossref let="j" cid="c15005011.1"/>which a great king of Israel built and <crossref let="k" cid="c15005011.2"/>finished.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="l" cid="c15005012.1"/>But because our fathers had angered the God of heaven, he <crossref let="m" cid="c15005012.2"/>gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="n" cid="c15005013.1"/>However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="o" cid="c15005014.1"/>And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, these Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was <crossref let="p" cid="c15005014.2"/>Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and he said to him, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="15005015.1" from="15005015.1" to="15005015.2"/>Take these vessels, go and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its site.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="15005015.2" from="15005015.1" to="15005015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Then this <crossref let="p" cid="c15005016.1"/>Sheshbazzar came and <crossref let="q" cid="c15005016.2"/>laid the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is <crossref let="r" cid="c15005016.3"/>not yet finished.<q class="end-single" qid="15005016.1" from="15005011.1" to="15005016.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15005017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Therefore, if it seems good to the king, <crossref let="s" cid="c15005017.1"/>let search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was issued by Cyrus the king for the rebuilding of this house of God in Jerusalem. And let the king send us his pleasure in this matter.<q class="end-double" qid="15005017.1" from="15005007.1" to="15005017.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006001"/>
+  <chapter num="6">
+    <heading>The Decree of Darius</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Then Darius the king made a decree, and <crossref let="t" cid="c15006001.1"/>search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is <crossref let="u" cid="c15006002.1"/>in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: <q class="begin-double" qid="15006002.1" from="15006002.1" to="15006005.1"/>A record.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006003"/>
+    <verse num="3">In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits<note nid="n15006003.1"/> and its breadth sixty cubits,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="v" cid="c15006004.1"/>with three layers of great stones and one layer of timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And also <crossref let="w" cid="c15006005.1"/>let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place. You shall put them in the house of God.<q class="end-double" qid="15006005.1" from="15006002.1" to="15006005.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="begin-double" qid="15006006.1" from="15006006.1" to="15006012.1"/>Now therefore, <crossref let="x" cid="c15006006.1"/>Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, <crossref let="y" cid="c15006006.2"/>and your<note nid="n15006006.1"/> associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Let the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Moreover, <crossref let="z" cid="c15006008.1"/>I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And whatever is needed&emdash;bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require&emdash;let that be given to them day by day without fail,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006010"/>
+    <verse num="10">that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven <crossref let="a" cid="c15006010.1"/>and pray for the life of the king and his sons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and <crossref let="b" cid="c15006011.1"/>his house shall be made a dunghill.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006012"/>
+    <verse num="12">May the God <crossref let="c" cid="c15006012.1"/>who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.<q class="end-double" qid="15006012.1" from="15006006.1" to="15006012.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006013"/>
+    <heading>The Temple Finished and Dedicated</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, <crossref let="x" cid="c15006013.1"/>Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="d" cid="c15006014.1"/>And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and <crossref let="e" cid="c15006014.2"/>by decree of Cyrus and <crossref let="f" cid="c15006014.3"/>Darius and <crossref let="g" cid="c15006014.4"/>Artaxerxes king of Persia;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and this house was finished on the third day of the <crossref let="h" cid="c15006015.1"/>month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the <crossref let="i" cid="c15006016.1"/>dedication of this house of God with joy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006017"/>
+    <verse num="17">They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel <crossref let="j" cid="c15006017.1"/>12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And they set the priests <crossref let="k" cid="c15006018.1"/>in their divisions and the Levites <crossref let="l" cid="c15006018.2"/>in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, <crossref let="m" cid="c15006018.3"/>as it is written in the Book of Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006019"/>
+    <heading>Passover Celebrated</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="n" cid="c15006019.1"/>On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="o" cid="c15006020.1"/>For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. <crossref let="p" cid="c15006020.2"/>So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006021"/>
+    <verse num="21">It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and <crossref let="q" cid="c15006021.1"/>also by every one who had joined them and separated himself <crossref let="r" cid="c15006021.2"/>from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15006022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread <crossref let="s" cid="c15006022.1"/>seven days with joy, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had made them joyful <crossref let="t" cid="c15006022.2"/>and had turned the heart of <crossref let="u" cid="c15006022.3"/>the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007001"/>
+  <chapter num="7">
+    <heading>Ezra Sent to Teach the People</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now after this, <crossref let="v" cid="c15007001.1"/>in the reign of <crossref let="v" cid="c15007001.2"/>Artaxerxes king of Persia, <crossref let="w" cid="c15007001.3"/>Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007002"/>
+    <verse num="2">son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007003"/>
+    <verse num="3">son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007004"/>
+    <verse num="4">son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007005"/>
+    <verse num="5">son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007006"/>
+    <verse num="6">this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe <crossref let="x" cid="c15007006.1"/>skilled in the Law of Moses that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, <crossref let="y" cid="c15007006.2"/>for the hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his God was on him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and <crossref let="z" cid="c15007007.1"/>some of the priests and <crossref let="a" cid="c15007007.2"/>Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple <crossref let="b" cid="c15007007.3"/>servants.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And Ezra<note nid="n15007008.1"/> came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007009"/>
+    <verse num="9">For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, <crossref let="c" cid="c15007009.1"/>for the good hand of his God was on him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007010"/>
+    <verse num="10">For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and to do it <crossref let="d" cid="c15007010.1"/>and to <crossref let="e" cid="c15007010.2"/>teach his statutes and rules in Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and his statutes for Israel:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><q class="begin-double" qid="15007012.1" from="15007012.1" to="15007026.1"/>Artaxerxes, <crossref let="f" cid="c15007012.1"/>king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the <crossref let="g" cid="c15007012.2"/>scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace.<note nid="n15007012.1"/> <crossref let="h" cid="c15007012.3"/>And now</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="i" cid="c15007013.1"/>I make a decree that anyone of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom, who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007014"/>
+    <verse num="14">For you are sent by the king <crossref let="j" cid="c15007014.1"/>and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and also to carry the silver and gold that the king <crossref let="j" cid="c15007015.1"/>and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, <crossref let="k" cid="c15007015.2"/>whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="l" cid="c15007016.1"/>with all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and <crossref let="m" cid="c15007016.2"/>with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007017"/>
+    <verse num="17">With this money, then, you shall with all diligence buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and <crossref let="n" cid="c15007017.1"/>you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God that is in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Whatever seems good to you and your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, according to the will of your God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007019"/>
+    <verse num="19">The vessels that have been given you for the service of the house of your God, you shall deliver before the God of Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which it falls to you to provide, you may provide it out of the king&apos;s treasury.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><q class="continue-double" qid="15007021.1" from="15007012.1" to="15007026.1"/>And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007022"/>
+    <verse num="22">up to 100 talents<note nid="n15007022.1"/> of silver, 100 cors<note nid="n15007022.2"/> of wheat, 100 baths<note nid="n15007022.3"/> of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007023"/>
+    <verse num="23">Whatever is decreed by the God of heaven, let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven, lest his wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007024"/>
+    <verse num="24">We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose <crossref let="o" cid="c15007024.1"/>tribute, custom, or toll on anyone of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25"><q class="continue-double" qid="15007025.1" from="15007012.1" to="15007026.1"/>And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, <crossref let="p" cid="c15007025.1"/>appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. <crossref let="q" cid="c15007025.2"/>And those who do not know them, you shall teach.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment.<q class="end-double" qid="15007026.1" from="15007012.1" to="15007026.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="r" cid="c15007027.1"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of our fathers, <crossref let="s" cid="c15007027.2"/>who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that is in Jerusalem,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15007028"/>
+    <verse num="28"><crossref let="t" cid="c15007028.1"/>and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king&apos;s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008001"/>
+  <chapter num="8">
+    <heading>Genealogy of Those Who Returned with Ezra</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">These are the heads of their fathers&apos; houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of <crossref let="u" cid="c15008002.1"/>Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, <crossref let="v" cid="c15008002.2"/>Hattush.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Of the sons of Shecaniah, who was of the sons of <crossref let="w" cid="c15008003.1"/>Parosh, Zechariah, with whom were registered 150 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="x" cid="c15008004.1"/>Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Of the sons of Zattu,<note nid="n15008005.1"/> Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel, and with him 300 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him 50 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him 80 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Of the sons of Bani,<note nid="n15008010.1"/> Shelomith the son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="y" cid="c15008011.1"/>Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with him 28 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Of the sons of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008015"/>
+    <heading>Ezra Sends for Levites</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">I gathered them to the river that runs to <crossref let="z" cid="c15008015.1"/>Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there <crossref let="a" cid="c15008015.2"/>none of the sons of Levi.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and <crossref let="b" cid="c15008016.1"/>Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of insight,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008017"/>
+    <verse num="17">and sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and<note nid="n15008017.1"/> the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And <crossref let="c" cid="c15008018.1"/>by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of <crossref let="d" cid="c15008018.2"/>Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008019"/>
+    <verse num="19">also <crossref let="e" cid="c15008019.1"/>Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of <crossref let="f" cid="c15008019.2"/>the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="g" cid="c15008020.1"/>besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all <crossref let="h" cid="c15008020.2"/>mentioned by name.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008021"/>
+    <heading>Fasting and Prayer for Protection</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="i" cid="c15008021.1"/>Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river <crossref let="j" cid="c15008021.2"/>Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, <crossref let="k" cid="c15008021.3"/>to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008022"/>
+    <verse num="22">For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, <crossref let="l" cid="c15008022.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="15008022.1" from="15008022.1" to="15008022.2"/>The hand of our God is for good on <crossref let="m" cid="c15008022.2"/>all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.<q class="end-double" qid="15008022.2" from="15008022.1" to="15008022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008023"/>
+    <verse num="23">So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008024"/>
+    <heading>Priests to Guard Offerings</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: <crossref let="e" cid="c15008024.1"/>Sherebiah, <crossref let="e" cid="c15008024.2"/>Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And I weighed out to them the <crossref let="n" cid="c15008025.1"/>silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his <crossref let="o" cid="c15008025.2"/>counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="p" cid="c15008026.1"/>I weighed out into their hand 650 talents<note nid="n15008026.1"/> of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents,<note nid="n15008026.2"/> and 100 talents of gold,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008027"/>
+    <verse num="27">20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics,<note nid="n15008027.1"/> and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And I said to them, <crossref let="q" cid="c15008028.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="15008028.1" from="15008028.1" to="15008029.1"/>You are holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and <crossref let="r" cid="c15008028.2"/>the vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of your fathers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008029"/>
+    <verse num="29">Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers&apos; houses in Israel at Jerusalem, <crossref let="s" cid="c15008029.1"/>within the chambers of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="15008029.1" from="15008028.1" to="15008029.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008030"/>
+    <verse num="30">So the priests and the Levites <crossref let="p" cid="c15008030.1"/>took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008031"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31">Then we departed from the river Ahava <crossref let="t" cid="c15008031.1"/>on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. <crossref let="u" cid="c15008031.2"/>The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008032"/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossref let="v" cid="c15008032.1"/>We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008033"/>
+    <verse num="33">On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were <crossref let="w" cid="c15008033.1"/>weighed into the hands of <crossref let="x" cid="c15008033.2"/>Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, <crossref let="y" cid="c15008033.3"/>Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of <crossref let="z" cid="c15008033.4"/>Binnui.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008034"/>
+    <verse num="34">The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008035"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="35">At that time <crossref let="a" cid="c15008035.1"/>those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, <crossref let="b" cid="c15008035.2"/>twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15008036"/>
+    <verse num="36"><crossref let="c" cid="c15008036.1"/>They also delivered the king&apos;s commissions to the king&apos;s <crossref let="d" cid="c15008036.2"/>satraps<note nid="n15008036.1"/> and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009001"/>
+  <chapter num="9">
+    <heading>Ezra Prays About Intermarriage</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="15009001.1" from="15009001.1" to="15009002.1"/>The people of Israel and the priests and the <crossref let="e" cid="c15009001.1"/>Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands <crossref let="f" cid="c15009001.2"/>with their abominations, from the <crossref let="g" cid="c15009001.3"/>Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="h" cid="c15009002.1"/>For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the <crossref let="i" cid="c15009002.2"/>holy race<note nid="n15009002.1"/> has <crossref let="j" cid="c15009002.3"/>mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.<q class="end-double" qid="15009002.1" from="15009001.1" to="15009002.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009003"/>
+    <verse num="3">As soon as I heard this, I <crossref let="k" cid="c15009003.1"/>tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and <crossref let="l" cid="c15009003.2"/>sat appalled.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Then all who <crossref let="m" cid="c15009004.1"/>trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat <crossref let="n" cid="c15009004.2"/>appalled until the evening sacrifice.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And at the <crossref let="n" cid="c15009005.1"/>evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment <crossref let="k" cid="c15009005.2"/>and my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees <crossref let="o" cid="c15009005.3"/>and spread out my hands to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009006"/>
+    <verse num="6">saying:
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/><q class="begin-double" qid="15009006.1" from="15009006.1" to="15009015.1"/>O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities <crossref let="p" cid="c15009006.1"/>have risen higher than our heads, and our <crossref let="q" cid="c15009006.2"/>guilt has <crossref let="r" cid="c15009006.3"/>mounted up to the heavens.
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="s" cid="c15009007.1"/>From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great <crossref let="q" cid="c15009007.2"/>guilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, <crossref let="t" cid="c15009007.3"/>and to utter shame, as it is today.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God, to leave us a <crossref let="u" cid="c15009008.1"/>remnant and to give us a <crossref let="v" cid="c15009008.2"/>secure hold<note nid="n15009008.1"/> within his holy place, that our God may <crossref let="w" cid="c15009008.3"/>brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="x" cid="c15009009.1"/>For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, <crossref let="y" cid="c15009009.2"/>but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection<note nid="n15009009.1"/> in Judea and Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="15009010.1" from="15009006.1" to="15009015.1"/>And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009011"/>
+    <verse num="11">which you commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="15009011.1" from="15009011.1" to="15009012.1"/>The land that you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land impure with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations that have filled it from end to end with <crossref let="z" cid="c15009011.1"/>their uncleanness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="a" cid="c15009012.1"/>Therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land <crossref let="b" cid="c15009012.2"/>and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.<q class="end-single" qid="15009012.1" from="15009011.1" to="15009012.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for <crossref let="c" cid="c15009013.1"/>our great guilt, seeing that you, our <crossref let="d" cid="c15009013.2"/>God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a <crossref let="e" cid="c15009013.3"/>remnant as this,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009014"/>
+    <verse num="14">shall we break your commandments again and <crossref let="f" cid="c15009014.1"/>intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us <crossref let="g" cid="c15009014.2"/>until you consumed us, so that there should be no <crossref let="e" cid="c15009014.3"/>remnant, nor any to escape?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15009015"/>
+    <verse num="15">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a <crossref let="e" cid="c15009015.1"/>remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our <crossref let="h" cid="c15009015.2"/>guilt, <crossref let="i" cid="c15009015.3"/>for none can stand before you because of this.<q class="end-double" qid="15009015.1" from="15009006.1" to="15009015.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010001"/>
+  <chapter num="10">
+    <heading>The People Confess Their Sin</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="j" cid="c15010001.1"/>While Ezra prayed and <crossref let="k" cid="c15010001.2"/>made confession, weeping and <crossref let="l" cid="c15010001.3"/>casting himself down <crossref let="m" cid="c15010001.4"/>before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: <crossref let="n" cid="c15010002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="15010002.1" from="15010002.1" to="15010004.1"/>We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Therefore <crossref let="o" cid="c15010003.1"/>let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and <crossref let="p" cid="c15010003.2"/>their children, according to the counsel of my lord<note nid="n15010003.1"/> and of <crossref let="q" cid="c15010003.3"/>those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done <crossref let="r" cid="c15010003.4"/>according to the Law.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; <crossref let="s" cid="c15010004.1"/>be strong and do it.<q class="end-double" qid="15010004.1" from="15010002.1" to="15010004.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel <crossref let="t" cid="c15010005.1"/>take an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">Then Ezra withdrew <crossref let="u" cid="c15010006.1"/>from before the house of God and went to the <crossref let="v" cid="c15010006.2"/>chamber of <crossref let="w" cid="c15010006.3"/>Jehohanan the son of <crossref let="x" cid="c15010006.4"/>Eliashib, where he spent the night,<note nid="n15010006.1"/> neither <crossref let="y" cid="c15010006.5"/>eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010008"/>
+    <verse num="8">and that if anyone did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited, and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the <crossref let="z" cid="c15010009.1"/>heavy rain.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="15010010.1" from="15010010.1" to="15010011.1"/>You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Now then <crossref let="a" cid="c15010011.1"/>make confession to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of your fathers and do his will. <crossref let="b" cid="c15010011.2"/>Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.<q class="end-double" qid="15010011.1" from="15010010.1" to="15010011.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, <q class="begin-double" qid="15010012.1" from="15010012.1" to="15010014.1"/>It is so; we must do as you have said.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010013"/>
+    <verse num="13">But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Let our officials stand for the whole assembly. Let all in our cities who have taken foreign wives come <crossref let="c" cid="c15010014.1"/>at appointed times, and with them the elders and judges of every city, <crossref let="d" cid="c15010014.2"/>until the fierce wrath of our God over this matter is turned away from us.<q class="end-double" qid="15010014.1" from="15010012.1" to="15010014.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and <crossref let="e" cid="c15010015.1"/>Meshullam and <crossref let="f" cid="c15010015.2"/>Shabbethai the Levite supported them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men,<note nid="n15010016.1"/> heads of fathers&apos; houses, according to their fathers&apos; houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010017"/>
+    <verse num="17">and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010018"/>
+    <heading>Those Guilty of Intermarriage</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">Now there were found some of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, some of the sons of <crossref let="g" cid="c15010018.1"/>Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010019"/>
+    <verse num="19">They <crossref let="h" cid="c15010019.1"/>pledged themselves to put away their wives, and their guilt offering was <crossref let="i" cid="c15010019.2"/>a ram of the flock for their guilt.<note nid="n15010019.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="j" cid="c15010020.1"/>Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="k" cid="c15010021.1"/>Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010024"/>
+    <verse num="24">Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah,<note nid="n15010025.1"/> and Benaiah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Of the sons of Bebai were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010029"/>
+    <verse num="29">Of the sons of Bani were Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010030"/>
+    <verse num="30">Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Of the <crossref let="l" cid="c15010031.1"/>sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010032"/>
+    <verse num="32">Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010033"/>
+    <verse num="33">Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010034"/>
+    <verse num="34">Of the sons of <crossref let="m" cid="c15010034.1"/>Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010035"/>
+    <verse num="35">Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010036"/>
+    <verse num="36">Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010037"/>
+    <verse num="37">Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010038"/>
+    <verse num="38">Of the sons of Binnui:<note nid="n15010038.1"/> Shimei,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010039"/>
+    <verse num="39">Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010040"/>
+    <verse num="40">Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010041"/>
+    <verse num="41">Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010042"/>
+    <verse num="42">Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010043"/>
+    <verse num="43">Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v15010044"/>
+    <verse num="44">All these had married foreign women, and some of the women <crossref let="n" cid="c15010044.1"/>had even borne children.<note nid="n15010044.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>